Halter



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ERNEST R. -MICHAELIS OF SYGAMORE, OHIO.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part vof Letters Patent No. 332,271. datedDecember 15, 1885.

.Application filed September 2Q, 1885. Serial No. 177,802.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST R. MICHAELIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sycamore, in the coniity of Wyandot and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon7 which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in halters; and it consistsin the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully explained, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which Figure lis a perspective view of my halter. Fig. 2is a face view of the plate B in blank form, and Fig. 3 is a face viewof the plate B.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings,A designates thehalter, usually constructed of rope and in one piece, and B B indicatetwo cheek-plates, the former of which is provided with two holes, a a,and the latter, B', is also constructed with two holes, b b, and a slotor elongated hole, c, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The plate Bis provided with the tubular extension f, which receives the end of therope and firmly holds the same to the plate. It will be observed byreference to the drawings that one end of the rope is secured to thetubular portion of the plate B, thus securing it to said plate. The

opposite end of said rope is then passed through (No model.)

one of the holes b in the plate B' and through the slot c, when it isthen turned, leaving the loop portion g, and it is then again passedthrough the other hole b in said plate, thence across to one of theholes a in the plate B, and then through the adjoining hole a in saidplate, and iinally through the loop g, thus forming a halter consistingof the head-piece, cheek-pieces, nose and chin portions, as well as theportion h for securing the animal. It will be seen further that myhalter can be adjusted at will to accommodate the heads of differentanimals, and the plate having the slot is designed to receive the loopportion ofthe rope, and it is simple in adjustment, durable, and at thesame time cheap to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The halter herein described, consisting of the cheek-plates B B,-thelatter having the two openings b b and slot c, and the former providedwith the holes a a., the rope arranged in the manner shown to form ahalter and secured at its end to the cheek-plate B by means of thetubular extension f, the whole constructed and arranged as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination and arrangement of the eheekplates B B', the formerprovided with the -holes a a and tubular extension f, and the latterwith slotc and holes b b in the cheekplate B', and the ropehalterportion h,where by the loop g is formed, all constructed as hereinshown and specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST R. MIOHAELIS.

Vitnesses:

F. M. LUDING, JOHN TRUAX.

